An hour later, the Prime Minister's Mansion, the main hall.

The military generals were solemnly lined up in the hall, and everyone was silent, and their faces were cloudy.

Paper can't contain the fire, not to mention that Su Zhe didn't plan to wrap it, so he spread the news of Yuan Shao's army to the south to all the civil and military forces as soon as possible, and asked them to come to the lobby to discuss matters.

Everyone knows that this military meeting will be related to the form in which this decisive battle between the north and the south will be conducted.

Su Zhe, who was sitting on the top, looked indifferent, chewing broad beans idly, without a sense of urgency that the enemy was pressing.

Seeing that the generals were almost gathered, Su Zhecai threw the broad beans in his hand on the table, and said loudly: "Yuan Shao led an army of 200,000 to the south, you should have seen the news, this can be said to be the strongest enemy since we started the army, how to deal with it, what do you think, you can say it bluntly." ”

200,000 troops!

Hearing Su Zhe say this number himself, all the generals changed color slightly and took a cool breath.

Fear is fear, but all the generals are warriors who have survived a hundred battles, how can they be afraid.

Zhang Liao immediately went out of class and arched his hand: "Yuan Shao's army is going south, looking at the direction of the march, it should be to go to Liyang, an important town on the north bank of the Yellow River, and then cross the river from Liyang, and board the south bank from the two ferries of Baima or Yanjin. ”

Xu Huang also followed: "What Wen Yuan said is very true, Xu Du is the imperial capital, once Xu Du is lost, the Central Plains will definitely be fluctuating, and the states will be in chaos without a fight, so the key to this decisive battle lies in how we hold Xu Du." ”

Su Zhe nodded slightly.

Although history has been changed by him, and Cao Cao, the former overlord of the Central Plains, has been replaced by him, the situation in the Central Plains has not changed from history.

He is still coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the imperial capital is still in Xudu, so Yuan Shao's offensive strategy will definitely be like history, going straight to Xudu.

The only difference is that Yuan Shao in history held the four states of Hebei and Qingyou, but now Qingzhou is in his hands.

And Cao Cao in history did not hold the anointed land of Jingzhou, but when he came to him, he had the support of millions of people in Jingzhou.

This also means that his comprehensive strength is already above Cao Cao back then.

However, the disadvantage is that Cao Cao was able to implement Huairou rule over Guanzhong, and when he fought Yuan Shao, the direction of Guanzhong did not put much pressure on him.

And now, Guanzhong is dominated by Dong Zhuo, and it is possible to move eastward at any time and launch an attack on his flank, which will be a huge potential threat.

In order to deal with Dong Zhuo's threat, he had to deploy more troops in the area of Wancheng in Luoyang, weakening the forces he could use against Yuan Shao.

"Tong'er, what do you think?" Su Zhe looked at Pang Tong.

Pang Tong said lightly: "Although Yuan Shao looks powerful on the surface, his two sons compete for the storage position, and the military generals under his command are also divided into two factions, fighting openly and secretly with each other, and there is a lot of internal friction. Although our army has few soldiers and horses, it is victorious in the city of Zhongzhicheng, and there is no factional dispute. ”

"Therefore, in this battle, as long as we can work together and fight to the death side by side, our army will win!"

Pang Tong's words have made Yuan Shao's weakness clear.

Infighting, this is Yuan Shao's biggest weakness.

Su Zhe is familiar with history, how can he not remember that the Yuan family in history fought to the death, the battle of Guandu was defeated, and after Yuan Shao died of illness, the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang even went to war directly, and Yuan Tan did not hesitate to surrender to Cao Cao.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang did not talk about internal fighting, the Hebei scholars and Ruying scholars who supported them were also divided into two factions, fighting to the death, completely ignoring Yuan Shao's overall situation.

Bang!

Su Zhe slapped the case, his eyes were like blades, and he was full of pride, and resolutely said: "Although Yuan Shao is strong, he is just a strong outsider, I was only a small county in Jingzhou, so I dared to oppose Liu Biao, today I hold the Central Plains Prefectures, more than 100,000 soldiers, and you and other heroes in the world to help, I am afraid that he Yuan Shao will not succeed!" ”

The long sword was unsheathed, Su Zhe's sword pointed to the north, and said proudly: "Yuan Shao dares to come and send him to death, I will tell him to come and go back, let's fight side by side, kill him without leaving a piece of armor, and take advantage of the situation to seize Hebei and unify the north!" ”

Su Zhe was extremely confident, and his hunting words roared like thunder in the lobby, igniting everyone's blood.

The fighting spirit is exploding!

The veteran Huang Zhong jumped up and shouted: "I am willing to fight to the death with the lord, Yuan Shao dares to come, so I will let him have a back and forth!" ”

Zhang Liao also said angrily: "The lord has won a hundred battles, what is Yuan Shao afraid of, one word, war!" ”

The fighting spirit of the generals was wild, the blood was boiling, and the shouts of war were high, and the mountains roared like a tsunami.

The generals are determined to win, Su Zhe is confident, and happily said: "Okay! It's enough to have your words, pass on my prime minister's order, immediately assemble an army, and fight with Yuan Shao's old dog! ”

On the same day, the orders of the Prime Minister's Office were quickly issued and spread in all directions.

In addition to the Chinese army that stayed in Xudu, the elite soldiers distributed in various states also quickly assembled in the direction of Xudu.

Su Zhe is currently holding the land of Jingyu Yanqing Xu Sijia Huainan, although after the war and the population is seriously insufficient, there are five and a half states, and nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses can be gathered when the battle is full.

Only among the 150,000 soldiers and horses, Shouchun had to leave nearly 10,000 horses to Wenpin to guard against Sun Ce in Jiangdong.

In the direction of Qingzhou, 10,000 soldiers and horses had to be left to Zang Ba to prevent Yuan Shao from attacking from Qingzhou.

On the front line of Luoyang and Wancheng, Li Yan was also left with nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard against the powerful Dong Zhuo group in Guanzhong in the west.

In addition, the key places in each state, as well as the capital of Xu, should also be divided into troops and horses to stay.

Aside from the various divisions, the number of troops that Su Zhe used to confront Yuan Shao head-on was about 90,000.

90,000 versus 200,000, judging from the strength alone, Su Zhe is at an absolute disadvantage.

So what!

Su Zhe has not done anything about defeating the strong with the weak, and the gap of only double the strength is already a good situation for Su Zhe.

After more than ten days of assembly and the deployment of various troops, Su Zhe left Su Fei to guard Xudu, and left Dong Zhao, Man Chong, Ma Liang and other acting prime ministers' affairs to allocate grain and grass, and he himself led an army of 90,000 to the north to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

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South of Yecheng.

The battle flag rolls like a wave, covering the sky and the sun.

Swords and guns are like a forest, reflecting the dazzling cold light, almost wanting to reflect the sky cold.

On the southbound avenue, countless soldiers are marching forward in high spirits, stretching for dozens of miles, with no end in sight.

Countless banners with the word "Yuan" are flying proudly, highlighting the prestige of the world's largest princes.

On the road leading from Yecheng to Liyang, 200,000 Yuan troops rode on foot, sweeping southward.

Behind them were nearly 300,000 people, tens of thousands of mule carts, loaded with millions of grains and grass.

With nearly 500,000 or 600,000 soldiers and people, Yuan Shao has mobilized almost all the forces that can be mobilized in the three states of Hebei to go south, and he is determined to win.

Yuan Shao did not rush south, but slowly swallowed, marching at a speed of no more than thirty miles a day.

His leisurely attitude seems to be in his hands, and it doesn't matter if he is nervous about the day or night, Su Zhe can only be crushed.

Even, Yuan Shao was still fantasizing that before his army crossed the Yellow River, the states of the Central Plains had collapsed and surrendered.

The reason is very simple, this decisive battle between the north and the south, before the head-to-head confrontation began, the fierce public opinion war has already begun in advance.